Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 317: Promotion

The national security officer named Zhigang did not keep Lian Shouren waiting for long. He knocked on the door and entered the interrogation room after about three or four minutes.

"Team Leader, you called me?"

"Well, there's a guy with good teeth here, can you help take a look?"

Lian Shouren stared at Li Dagui and said jokingly without turning his head.

After hearing these words, Zhigang, who walked to Lian Shouren's side, couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He rubbed his hands and looked at Li Dagui sitting on the interrogation chair. His eyes were full of excitement, as if he saw a stunning beauty.

Li Da Kui, who was sitting on the interrogation chair, felt a little creepy being stared at. The way this man named Zhigang looked at him was no different from a butcher looking at pigs and sheep. It was definitely not a deliberate disguise to scare people.

Lian Shouren had been observing Li Dagui's reaction. When he saw a hint of fear in his eyes, he immediately added fuel to the fire.

"Zhigang, stop wasting time, hurry up, I'm telling you, if you can't cure your hard teeth this time, I won't call you next time if you have such a good thing."

"No, Team Leader."

Zhigang turned his head to look at Lian Shouren. Seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, he didn't dare to chat with him anymore. He patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, team leader. When have I ever let you down? Just hold on."

After that, he turned to Li Dagui who was watching the two people talking and said, "You have heard the military order I signed with our team leader. Can you tell me whether I can complete the task or not?"

After hearing this, Li Da Kui looked straight at Zhigang, thinking continuously in his mind.

The person in front of me is not very old, probably less than 30 years old. His eyes are a bit creepy, but it is not ruled out that he is pretending.

After spending half your life hunting eagles, don't let an eagle peck your eyes in the end.

With this plan, Li Dagui felt more confident. "Comrade, I have done nothing illegal. I am innocent and have been wrongly accused..."

"stop."

Zhigang looked at the somewhat long-winded Li Dagui and interrupted him impatiently, "Whether you have been wronged or not is something our leaders should take care of, and it has nothing to do with me.

Just answer me one question, will you say it or not?"

Having said that, Zhigang paused, as if he remembered something interesting, raised the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and added something into Li Dagui's ear.

"Of course, I don't want you to confess immediately. Otherwise, I won't have the opportunity to show off in front of the leader."

The voice was very light, like a joke between colleagues, but when Li Da Kui heard it, the hairs on his body almost stood up.

At this moment, he was a little unsure about his previous judgment, and subconsciously looked at Lian Shouren who was standing beside him, trying to see something on his face.

Lian Shouren, an old national security guard for many years, immediately guessed what Li Dagui was thinking when he met his gaze, so he pretended to be impatient and said to Zhigang:
"Can you hurry up, kid? I don't have time to waste time with you. If you can't do it, tell me so I can change someone else."

Hearing this, Zhigang quickly raised his hand and pointed his index finger at Lian Shouren and pleaded, "Team Leader, let me say one more word, and then I'll start."

"Hurry up." Lian Shouren glared at Zhigang and waved his hand with some disgust.

After getting the approval, Zhigang showed a smile of being valued, turned around and continued to talk to Li Dagui happily. "You were also a cadre in the past. Although we are not in the same unit, we were once in the same trench.

I have a bad habit of using new tricks on my former comrades. "

At this point, seeing Li Dagui's puzzled look, Zhigang explained with excitement and pride: "I was reading a book a few days ago and accidentally saw a kind of punishment used by the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty called Tiejiaguan.

Since you are a cadre, you must be able to read and have probably read some introductions to this kind of criminal law, so I will not elaborate on it here.

Although the book says it's very exciting, I haven't tried it, so I don't know how effective it is. I'll take this opportunity today to find something, and I'll trouble Comrade Li to help me try it later."

After saying that, Zhigang didn't care about the reactions of the other two people in the room. He turned around and ran out of the interrogation room in a hurry, looking like he would not be able to get the money if he was too late.

Looking at the door of the interrogation room that was still shaking slightly, and thinking of Zhigang's crazy eyes when he spoke just now, a trace of fear appeared on Li Dagui's calm face.

If he hadn't seen an interrogator take out his work ID and realized that the people in front of him were official national security personnel, he would even suspect that Zhigang was a lunatic that Lian Shouren had found from somewhere!
He knew that to stick the prisoner with a prostitute, the executioner would cover the prisoner's face with yellow paper, rice paper or mulberry paper, then take a mouthful of water or wine and spray it hard, producing a fine mist. The paper would then become damp and soft and would immediately stick to the prisoner's face.

After the first piece of paper was completely wet, the executioner then covered it with the second piece, and repeated the same process.

If the prisoner does not confess during this period, more paper will be added. A normal person will basically suffocate and fall into coma after five or six pieces of paper are added, and will die soon if not rescued in time.

After a person dies, they are left for a while. When the stacked pieces of paper are almost dry, they can be easily peeled off from the dead person's face. The bumps and depressions on the paper are distinct, just like the mask of the "Jumping Official" on the stage. Therefore, the criminal law is named "Tie Jia Guan".

It may not seem like a big deal, but if you think about it carefully, in the process of adding paper continuously, the prisoner not only has to endure the physical pain of being unable to breathe, but he will also suffer cruel torture mentally.

Li Dagui was not a man of firm beliefs, otherwise he would not have been coerced and bribed by Taiwanese people for mere money. Thinking about the cruel punishment he was about to face, it would be nonsense for him to say that he was not afraid.

But things had developed to this point, and fear alone would not solve any problems. He calmed himself and quickly calculated what benefits he could gain for himself.

Never confess just because you are threatened. Without your bargaining chip, you will no longer be of value to others.

He just held up one or two pieces of paper. No, this was a new country. He didn't believe that Zhigang, as a state employee, would use such a cruel method of adding a promotion to himself. These people must be playing a double act to bluff him.

Thinking of the new country and the new society, Li Dagui was like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood, and he once again felt hopeful that he could survive this disaster.

Lian Shouren stood not far from Li Dagui. Although he did not make any movements, his eyes were always observing him.

Seeing various expressions of worry, fear, cunning and calmness on Li Da Kui's face from time to time, based on Lian Shouren's many years of experience in handling cases, it is almost certain that this man will not last long.

With some guesses in his mind, he couldn't help but hope that Zhigang would come back soon. Perhaps success or failure would be decided the moment that brat entered the room.

As if they had telepathy, as soon as Lian Shouren finished speaking in his mind, Zhigang opened the door and rushed into the interrogation room with something in his hand.

"Resources are scarce, and we can only find the worst yellow paper. Comrade Li, you can make do with it. Don't worry, the effect should be similar. At worst, we can just add a few more sheets of paper."

As soon as Zhigang entered the room, he raised a stack of yellow paper in his hand and showed off excitedly as he walked towards Li Dagui.

(End of this chapter)